Posted on 03/06/2016 6:30:17 PM PST by Sawdring
The Head of Russia's military intelligence service, Colonel-General Igor Sergun, was killed in January during a secret mission in the Lebanon's capital, Beirut, the Lebanese daily newspaper al-Akhbar reported Thursday.
The Kremlin announced the death of Sergun on January 4, saying that he died in Moscow after a heart attack. The military intelligence chief played a key role in the Russian seizure of Crimea in March 2014, and reportedly died three weeks after he was sent to Syria by Russian President Vladimir Putin to demand Syrian President Bashar Assad step aside.
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The GRU chief going on active field operations? What did I do with my hip-waders?
Sad to see the JP spreading a bunch of anti-Turk Russian propaganda. Be careful about the pots you stir.
And a nation's head of military intelligence does not travel to places like Lebanon to meet with operatives. The head of the US Defense Intelligence Agency, a 3- star general, doesn't go to places like Iraq to meet with questionable people.
Dead is GOOT!
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